Directing
Im Kwon-taek
Directing · Born 1936-05-02 · Jangseong, South Jeolla, South Korea
Im Kwon-taek (born May 2, 1936) is one of South Korea's most renowned film directors. In an active and prolific career, his films have won many domestic and international film festival awards as well as considerable box-office success, and helped bring international attention to the Korean film industry. As of spring 2015, he has directed 102 films.
Credits · 105
FilmMr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
2026 · Self
FilmWalking in the Movies
2024 · Self
FilmCloud, Encore
2019 · Self
FilmGravity of the Tea
2019 · Self
Movie Room
2018 · Self
FilmRevivre
2014 · Director
FilmRough Play
2013 · Jeonju Festival VIP
FilmJury
2013 · Audience
FilmAri Ari the Korean Cinema
2012 · Self
FilmHanji
2011 · Screenplay
FilmBeyond the Years
2007 · Writer
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
FilmThe Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
2005 · Self
FilmLow Life
2004 · Director
FilmChihwaseon
2002 · Director
FilmChunhyang
2000 · Director
FilmDownfall
1997 · Writer
FilmFestival
1996 · Director
FilmThe Cinema on the Road
1995 · Self
FilmThe Taebaek Mountains
1994 · Director
FilmSopyonje
1993 · Director
FilmGeneral's Son 3
1992 · Director
FilmFly High, Run Far
1991 · Director
FilmGeneral's Son 2
1991 · Director
FilmGeneral's Son
1990 · Director
FilmCome, Come, Come Upward
1989 · Director
FilmHand in Hand
1989 · Director
FilmThe Diary of King Yonsan
1988 · Director
FilmThe Surrogate Womb
1987 · Director
FilmAdada
1987 · Director
FilmTicket
1986 · Director
FilmGilsodom
1986 · Director
FilmDaughter of the Flames
1983 · Director
FilmJagko
1983 · Director
FilmThe Village of Mist
1983 · Director
FilmPolluted Ones
1982 · Director
FilmAbenko Green Beret
1982 · Director
FilmHigh School Tears
1982 · Director
FilmMandala
1981 · Director
FilmThe Hidden Hero
1980 · Director
FilmMrs. Speculator
1980 · Director
FilmThe Little Adventurer
1979 · Director
FilmGenealogy
1979 · Director
FilmTomorrow and Tomorrow
1979 · Director
FilmNear Yet Far Away
1978 · Director
FilmThe Evergreen Tree
1978 · Director
FilmJapanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang
1977 · Director
FilmThe Life of Ok-rye
1977 · Director
FilmWife
1976 · Director
FilmCommando on the Nakdong River
1976 · Director
Bare Feet in the Snow
FilmBare Feet in the Snow
1976 · Director
FilmMy Hometown
1976 · Director
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
FilmYesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1975 · Director
FilmWhy Did I Do That?
1975 · Director
FilmYeonhwa
1975 · Director
FilmYeonhwa 2
1975 · Director
FilmI Won't Cry
1974 · Director
FilmWives on Parade
1974 · Director
FilmThe Testimony
1974 · Director
FilmWeeds
1973 · Producer
FilmThe Big Chase
1973 · Director
FilmSeize the Precious Sword
1972 · Director
FilmOne Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
1972 · Director
FilmCruel history of Myeong Dong
1972 · Director
FilmWhirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
1972 · Director
FilmA Second Mother
1972 · Director
FilmRevenge of the Sword
1971 · Director
FilmDon't Torture Me Anymore
1971 · Director
FilmThe Two Revengeful Hunchbacks
1971 · Director
FilmA Bout in 30 Years
1971 · Director
FilmWoman with Long Eyelashes
1970 · Director
FilmRain Outside the Porthole
1970 · Director
FilmA Mysterious Sword
1970 · Director
FilmA Man Who Arrived by Night Train
1970 · Original Story
FilmA Woman Pursued
1970 · Director
FilmA Crape-Myrtle with Morning Dew
1970 · Director
FilmOne-eyed Park
1970 · Director
FilmA Sword Under the Moon
1970 · Director
FilmRainy Gomoryeong Hill
1969 · Director
FilmA Precious Sword, A Knife of Thunder
1969 · Director
FilmEscaping Shanghai
1969 · Director
FilmEagle of Wild Field
1969 · Director
FilmReturned Left-handed Man
1968 · Director
FilmLady in Dream
1968 · Director
FilmA Man Like the Wind
1968 · Director
FilmFemme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
1968 · Director
FilmNostalgia
1967 · Director
FilmA Swordsman
1967 · Director
FilmA Red-and-blue Gauze Lantern
1967 · Director
FilmNilliri
1966 · Director
FilmI Am a King
1966 · Director
FilmOk-i Makes a Judge Cry
1966 · Director
FilmBattlefield and a Female Teacher
1966 · Director
FilmThe King and the Servant Boy
1965 · Director
FilmFading in the Rain
1965 · Director
FilmHer Majesty Yeonghwa
1964 · Director
FilmThe Power for Ten Years
1964 · Director
FilmThe Regular Tardy Student
1964 · Director
FilmThe Teacher with Ten Daughters
1964 · Director
FilmThe Result of the Ambition
1964 · Director
FilmThe Heartbreaking Story
1964 · Director
FilmSinmungo
1963 · Director
FilmMan Is Not Popular
1963 · Director
FilmThe War and an Old Man
1962 · Director
FilmFarewell to the Duman River
1962 · Director
FilmBonanza
1961 · Assistant Director